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потерять инициативу (VLZ_58); уступать сопернику (VLZ_58); проявлять пассивность ("We were on our toes in the first, and then we were on our heels after that," Mitchell said. "It seemed like we took our foot off the pedal, and then we were chasing it. VLZ_58); обороняться (in a defensive position; from boxing, where a boxer might go back on his heels when he's defending himself, as opposed to being on his toes: In the early months of the war, with Ukraine's regular army on its heels, everyday Ukrainians filled the ranks of a partisan army that stopped an offensive by combined Russian-separatist forces. 4uzhoj) |
